Jackson Local

Jackson Local is a Stark County, Ohio district of six schools — four elementary schools (K–5), one middle school (6–8), and one high school (9–12) — serving 5,741 students in a complete K–12 pipeline. The district is rated 105th of 773 Ohio districts (86th percentile, 4 stars), a district-level rating that appears on all six school records rather than a rating of any one school.

Strausser Elementary School is the district's flagship: 98th of 1,560 Ohio elementaries (94th percentile), 5 stars in all three years, the highest math results, and the lowest poverty rate (17.46% free/reduced lunch). Sauder Elementary School is the most consistent — 5 stars in all three years and the district's highest single score outside the middle school's accelerated courses, 5th grade ELA at 95%. Amherst Elementary School is the improvement story: despite the district's highest poverty (49.57%), it climbed from 3 stars to 4 stars (77th percentile). Lake Cable Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism (6.7%), lowest spending ($7,994), and smallest classes (18.1 students per teacher), yet still earns 4 stars at the 84th percentile.

Every Jackson school beats the Ohio average in every subject it reports. Elementary averages run Strausser 88.4, Sauder 86.4, district 84.6, Lake Cable 82.8, Amherst 78.5 — even the lowest sits nearly 15 points above the state. Jackson Memorial Middle School is strong (4–5 stars) with 100% proficiency in Geometry, Biology, and Algebra I, but 7th grade math at 53.8% is the lowest score in the data set and reads as a cohort effect. Jackson High School graduates 98.4% of students and beats the state everywhere, but its state rank has slipped three straight years (92nd to 71st percentile) and it has the district's highest absenteeism (12.4%). Absenteeism rises steadily with grade level, while per-student spending is tightly clustered with no clear link to outcomes.